At this time, the Premier League stadium broadcast footage was basically close-up shots, but at the beginning of this season, Aldridge proposed to the live broadcast agency to set up long-range shots, so six additional camera positions were added around the Lion's Den Stadium, which were erected by machines at the top of the stadium stands, which were originally not high, with a capacity of less than 20,000, so you can imagine what kind of narrow stadium it would be.

So looking down from the sky, the Lion's Den Stadium feels weird, but the live broadcast footage is much richer, and from the farther lens footage, you can clearly see the routes interspersed with the players' running positions, making the game picture richer.

Originally, in this era, the individual ability of the players was more prominent, and the close-up camera could capture the players' delicate foot skills, but Millwall played as a whole, and their football beauty could not be seen only in a part, and the live broadcast party had already felt difficult last season, because Millwall's game was too fast-paced, and the camera couldn't keep up at all, so when the long shot covered a larger area of the stadium, Millwall's football style immediately caused the outside world to exclaim.

Like what?

It looks like a football kicked out of a game, the ball passes quickly, and the ball is kicked out one second so that the ball is still in the left half one second, and the next moment it will go to the right half, before the blink of an eye in the backfield, after three passes and two downs, it will come to the opponent's goal.

And the center of articulation conduction is Pirlo.

Arsenal midfielder Pratt's running ability has begun to decline, and he alone cannot prevent Nedved, so Vieira must also lag behind in defence, Mason alone is not enough to have an impact on Pirlo, and Bergkamp provides limited support in defence. So Pirlo was able to calmly dispatch back and forth.

Schneider and Capdevilla took turns providing assists. Millwall's cross-cutting combination made a fuss in front of Arsenal's goal.

Shevchenko and Larsson's frantic cuts in the middle of the run almost broke the back of the Arsenal defence veterans.

But Arsenal are not showing weakness either. They organize a quick counterattack as soon as they switch from defense to attack, and the counterattack is often launched from the side, as long as there is time, they will never hesitate, and it will be a forward pass.

The two flanks were driven up and down by Dixon and Winterburn, with Mason or Bergkamp up front, but more crucially, Arsene Wenger brought in three centre-backs at the back.

Balder. Adams, Keown, the three centre-backs, and one of them will always rush forward in positional battles, playing a role in everything from tandem to shooting into the box.

But today their centre-backs were in trouble with their tactics, and in the midfield of Andrea Pirlo, Aldridge gave him a very simple defensive task, just staring at the opposing centre-backs, who plugged in and ran into the midfield. You'll see the right moment to cut off their catch.

If there is anything that has changed for Arsenal since Arsene Wenger took over, it is other than the shift in style of football. The formation position is basically the old routine, 532.

This is obviously not Wenger's ideal formation, but if he is new to the dressing room, he will inevitably not be able to move many people's main positions, and putting Vieira in the position is already considered the limit, Anelka, who has transferred in the winter, is still on the bench, and Pire is only in the process of gradually replacing Mason.

Therefore, the five heavyweights in the back line must be on the field, however, Wenger has provided changes to his tactics, so the three defensive backbones have been released, with a high degree of freedom, with the tacit understanding between the three of them, it is not difficult to take turns to insert assists, as for what they rush to the front to do, whether it is to respond, to organize, or to score, this is up to them to play freely.

It has to be said that Wenger's approach activated Arsenal's passion, unleashed their talents, and to some extent was a coincidence, if he directly let Adams play in the midfield, obviously Adams would not be willing to change his position, but let Adams start the central defender, and then stride forward in attack, Adams will gladly take the order.

So in Arsenal's attack, you will see a very strange scene, Bergkamp is impeccable in the front court, whether it is a short pass or a long pass, a ground ball and a high-altitude ball, as long as he runs to the position and unloads the ball with his feet, he has the beauty of four or two pounds, but Adams or Bald and other central defenders rush forward to receive the ball, sometimes a very simple short pass, they can stop the ball with one foot, and the ball is two meters away

As a result, combined with Andrea Pirlo's well-placed interceptions and their own lack of ability to handle the ball, Millwall managed to limit the tactical characteristics of Arsenal's centre-backs today.

So their offense is more and more on the side, Bergkamp is very hard, there is nothing to say about the skills at his feet, but Millwall's defenders do not eat his set, never rush to grab, the front defense tries to slow down his rhythm, stuck the position and then wait for Bergkamp to make a choice, Wright alone in front of the kill, can not form an effective threat at all.

Bergkamp tried to break through after three failed penetrations, he just passed Capdevilla, but was easily cut off by Southgate, Capdevilla received the ball and quickly stepped forward along the side at high speed, passed the ball to Pirlo halfway, the latter stopped the ball and passed the ball diagonally to the right side, Schneider on the other side met the ball with a long pass to the front of the penalty area, Trezeguet from the penalty area tore out of the header, the ball was made to the left back, Shevchenko who inserted it into the penalty area just arrived, and Keown stopped the ball on his chest when he passed by, As soon as the ball hits the ground, it's a shot.

Keown fell to the ground to tackle, Shevchenko was kicked to the calf and rushed forward and fell into the penalty area, he endured the pain in the calf and looked back at the referee, only to see the referee blow the whistle in his mouth, and at the same time point to the penalty spot, and then walked to Keown and pulled out a yellow card.

"Penalty! Millwall won a penalty, this penalty came so suddenly, the camera couldn't seem to keep up, Millwall's attack was just too fast, Andy, did you see that? ”

'I didn't see it clearly, Capdevilla and Southgate had a brilliant combination, Capdevilla forced Bergkamp to break through, but when he was passed, Southgate cut off Bergkamp's ball from behind, and then Capdevilla counter-attacked with the ball on the side, and the ball was diverted to the right through Pirlo's diagonal cross. Schneider was unmarked for a precise long pass. Trezeguet's header from inside the box. Shevchenko, who cut diagonally into the box, burst past Keown's defence, forcing Keown to settle for a tackle as he had lost his position, but unfortunately he didn't get the ball and the penalty was undisputed. ”

"How fast is this attack? We're used to Millwall counter-attacking when they're playing in the back of the opposition, their players are quick and speechless, but that way by moving the ball. It seems to be faster, I think, from the time of defending to the time Shevchenko is fouled, the whole process should be no more than 10 seconds, and the camera should give a panoramic shot, so that we can see the whole process, how Millwall broke through the Arsenal defence. ”

After the penalty was awarded, Keown was a little unhappy and scolded Shevchenko who fell to the ground, he thought that the opponent was too soft, how could he fall down at the first touch?

Shevchenko was also annoyed, and his calves still hurt. Immediately got up and argued with Keown.

The players on both sides gathered together, and the last thing was that the two captains came forward to separate everyone. Adams and Southgate exchanged words after separating their teammates, and before parting, Adams casually pushed Southgate's head.

Southgate didn't care, turning and running towards the backfield.

For players of this era, especially England players, clashes on the field are commonplace, and the action of Adams pushing Sosgate's head is more like a common action between buddies, there is no intention to infringe in it, and the referee will not pay attention to it, and the two are still teammates and defensive partners in the national team.

Therefore, fans in this era also hate the performance of covering their faces, falling and other actions on the court in the future.

Larsson opened the scoring for Millwall with a penalty that gave the home side the lead in the 40th minute of the first half.

Arsene Wenger, who wore glasses and a club sports coat, sighed a little frustrated.

Arsene Wenger and Aldridge are both pioneers of the Premier League's tactical style, and their coaching style is European in the eyes of the English, just as there are two kinds of players in the eyes of the English: English players and European players, Beckham and Ryan Giggs belong to the latter, while like Keane and Nedved belong to the English players in terms of style, and European players play more cunningly, or rather smartly, and rise to the team's tactical style, and the European style is to pay attention to ground passing.

But subject to the influence of Arsenal's previous tactical routines, Wenger can only watch the food, at least let the central defenders repeatedly run all the way up to respond and score goals is not his intention, who let the back line have three absolute main central defenders.

In terms of the flexibility of the team's formation, Millwall is not as good as Arsenal, this is like a spring, the defense is to compress the whole, and then release the power in the attack, compared to the offensive routine of standing in a dead position, the overall advance from the back to the front can tear through the opponent's defense in the cross, Millwall compression is not extreme enough, because they occupy the initiative, Arsenal's attack can not suppress them, forcing them to shrink, Arsenal's shortcomings are unbalanced in the attack, the wings cannot fly, and the lack of arms and legs is missing.

Wherever Bergkamp goes, he can basically only play that side, so sometimes the central defenders rush up and dribble the ball on the side, in order to pull the opponent's defense, but this is obviously not a long-term way, fortunately, Bald will be 35 years old soon, and next season, Wenger will be able to make the formation more reasonable and balanced.

Arsenal's flaws, Aldridge found out when studying the opponent, although at this time Wenger's Arsenal is still based on counterattacks in the Premier League, but Aldridge is really not afraid of the opponent's counterattack, at least in terms of absolute speed, they have no advantage, there are only a few people in the front, unless they can play a wonderful match, otherwise only rely on Bergkamp to thread the needle, Millwall's defense is not a sieve.

Moreover, at this time, Arsenal's double back configuration is not perfect, Pratt's running ability is obviously a hole, occupying a position but not defending in place, which is a mine in the defensive line.

With a one-goal lead in the first half, the two teams walked back to the dressing room to rest.

Aldridge laid out the second-half tactics, and there were basically no changes, but there were important details.

For example, if the middle penetrates and attacks behind Keown, the opponent has a yellow card, and the defensive action will be scrupulous.

Nedveddo running around Pratt (to be continued......)